Lucinda Literary

04/09/2019

Lucinda Literary: Representation, Book Marketing and Publicity

We're hiring! If you're awesomely organized, a great communicator, and bring editorial experience, this position in #book #publishing could be your next side hustle: http://www.lucindaliterary.com/jobs-available-with-lucinda-literary/

We’re Hiring! Have you long harbored a curiosity about the book publishing industry and how it is that manuscripts and ideas become books? Have you left an earlier career…and are eager to get back in the game? Lucinda Literary is excited to announce a new editorial and marketing assistant positi...

04/07/2018

The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

@CaitFlanders’ THE YEAR OF LESS has hit the Wall Street Journal #Bestsellers List! https://www.amazon.com/Year-Less-Shopping-Belongings-Discovered/dp/1401954871

The Year of Less In her late twenties, Cait Flanders found herself stuck in the consumerism cycle that grips so many of us: earn more, buy more, want more, rinse, repeat. Even after she worked her way out of nearly $30,000 of consumer debt, her old habits took hold again. When she realized t...

04/04/2018

What to do when self-help fails you, according to a chronic illness advocate

Nitika Chopra, this is such a beautiful piece! Thank you for unleashing it into the world.

I thought I'd found salvation in the self-help industry—until it left me behind.

03/19/2018

Before You Get a Lecture Agent: How to Get Paid For Speaking - Lucinda Literary

Our new blog post outlines a few best practices for getting paid lecture gigs entirely on your own:

For many authors, speaking can be a key avenue to selling books as well as a lucrative side hustle. But a common misconception is that having a lecture agent is the only way to obtain paid speaking opportunities. We routinely receive queries from authors seeking lecture representation, but who might...

01/25/2018

My Book is on Submission with Publishers. Now What? - Lucinda Literary

We wrote this post to remove some of the mystique around the book submission process, addressing questions such as: what to do while waiting to hear from publishers? when to follow up? and what can help my chances?

We hope you find it useful.

You’ve been back and forth with your agent for months creating the perfect book proposal—making sure every argument you’ve made is unassailable, that every indent, line break, and page break is perfectly positioned, and that every t is crossed and i dotted. Your interactions are so frequent th...

01/23/2018

If you didn't catch it in the New York Times or Wall Street Journal, THE GAMBLER by William C. Rempel publishes today with #HarperCollins. We couldn't be more thrilled for you, Bill, in launching this spectacular book.

01/16/2018

We're thrilled to wish Cait Flanders a very happy #bookbday and congratulate her on the launch of her beautiful and moving memoir published today with Hay House, THE YEAR OF LESS!

12/23/2017

Look what just came in the mail! We're infinitely excited for THE YEAR OF LESS to officially hit the shelves in January. We're so proud of your work, Cait Flanders!

12/13/2017

Congratulations to Peter Heller, whose book THE WHALE WARRIORS has been chosen to be the read of the month at Hudson Booksellers. Save 40% and pick up a copy at any airport locations today!

The Whale Warriors is a fantastic and important book, and remains one of my all-time favorites. It’s an adventure tale to rival any other for daring and lunacy, about a ship that flies the Jolly Roger, sailing the dangerous seas of international politics, with a crew willing to die for their beliefs. It’s an eloquent travelogue and celebration of nature at her grandest and most intimate, and an execration of our wanton destruction of the oceanic ecosystem. At its center lies the tragic torture and killing of the world’s most amazing animals - whales that carry some of the symbolic weight of Moby Dick - and a captain (Paul Watson, founder of Sea Shepherd) who bears more than a slight resemblance to an anti-Ahab. In the ten years since The Whale Warriors was published, Sea Shepherd has become a major global force for conservation, in a battle whose stakes have only intensified. As Heller says in his new afterword, “If [Watson] was notorious when I first met him, he was legendary now.” With career-spanning coverage of life and sports on and in the water, with his role in The Cove (Heller was one of 5 surfers who paddled into the cove when a pod of pilot whales was being slaughtered and his footage can be seen in the movie), and with this masterful account of Watson and Sea Shepherd, Peter Heller has played a powerful role of his own in advocating for life in the seas. -Sara, Atlanta
Paperback: https://www.hudsonbooksellers.com/book/9781501193767

12/13/2017

The Whale Warriors: The Battle at the Bottom of the World to Save the Planet's Largest Mammals (Paperback)

Traveling for the holidays and looking for an airport read? Be sure to pick up #readofthemonth THE WHALE WARRIORS at Hudson Booksellers, which has been called an "eloquent travelogue and celebration of nature at her grandest and most intimate" by staff reviewers!

https://www.hudsonbooksellers.com/book/9781501193767

The Whale Warriors is a fantastic and important book, and remains one of my all-time favorites. It’s an adventure tale to rival any other for daring and lunacy, about a ship that flies the Jolly Roger, sailing the dangerous seas of international politics, with a crew willing to die for their belie...

12/07/2017

Books of the Year 2017

Congratulations to author and speaker Elizabeth Currid-Halkett, whose book THE SUM OF SMALL THINGS has just been named one of the best books in 2017 by The Economist!

https://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21732078-best-books-2017-are-about-music-nicotine-and-tsunami-japan-books?platform=hootsuite

The best books of 2017 are about music, nicotine and the tsunami in Japan

12/06/2017

The Year of Less is Available for Pre-order!

We're beyond thrilled to announce that THE YEAR OF LESS by Cait Flanders is now available for pre-order! Bonus perks include a three-part webinar series, a behind the scenes audio download, and a 30-day challenge that will inspire you to live with just a little less. (Cait's book will be out on January 18th, 2018!)

https://caitflanders.com/2017/12/05/the-year-of-less-pre-order/

When I look back at the posts I've been most nervous to publish, I remember how supportive you were. The Year of Less feels like my most vulnerable post x 100.

12/04/2017

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“We started as the tail & wanted to be the dog.” Ginny Gilder , Olympian, author, leader and advocate for women in sports, discusses the Seattle Storm, at the intersection of sports, business, and cause.

11/27/2017

Deal of the Day - with congrats to the incomparable Sam Wasson and to our friends at The Robbins Office!
NYT bestselling author of 5th Avenue, 5 A.M., Fosse, and the forthcoming Improv Nation Sam Wasson's THE BIG GOODBYE, the story of the production of one of the greatest American films, Chinatown, directed by Roman Polanski and starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway, and how it represents the last gasp of the Hollywood studio system as a rich creative environment before the era of the blockbuster, to Noah Eaker at Flatiron Books, at auction, by David Halpern at The Robbins Office. UK/Translation rights:[email protected]

11/20/2017

7 Surprising Health Benefits of Gratitude

Did you know that gratitude replenishes willpower? Get in the Thanksgiving spirit with nourishing wisdom from Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph.D. and other experts! http://ti.me/2zK7r8d

Being thankful does your body good

11/08/2017

Best Books of the Year @ Amazon.com

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, by David Grann, an author we love represented by The Robbins Office, has just become Amazon's #1 book of the year: https://www.amazon.com/b?node=17276804011. It's also up for the National Book Award. This moment couldn't be more well-deserved!

Online shopping for Best Books of the Year: Amazon Books Editors at Amazon.com

11/03/2017

We couldn't be more thrilled that Rajeev Peshawaria's new book OPEN SOURCE LEADERSHIP has hit the Wall Street Journal's bestseller list at #6!

10/30/2017

We are delighted to invite you all to the book reading of Nina Darnton's new novel, RISKING IT ALL, on November 15th!

Please click on the following this link for more details and to RSVP for the event: http://bit.ly/2lsViyO

10/25/2017

Congratulations to Rajeev Peshawaria, whose new book OPEN SOURCE LEADERSHIP is currently the #1 on Amazon's Strategy and Competition list!

Pick up a copy now: http://amzn.to/2ygR01M

08/30/2017

Book Jacket of The Week: The Productivity Project - Lucinda Literary

Our #bookjacketoftheweek is Chris Bailey’s The Productivity Project - out in paperback now! Read on for more info.

http://www.lucindaliterary.com/2017/08/book-jacket-week-productivity-project/

Our Book Jacket of The Week is Chris Bailey’s The Productivity Project – out this week in paperback from Crown Business! We love the catchy but soothing color scheme, as well as the clear prints that speak with utmost confidence. Most importantly, we think it matches perfectly to the author’s pencha...

08/28/2017

Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph.D.

A virtuous circle. So wonderful to see Susan and BRIGHT LINE EATING travel the globe...

[BIG DAY] It’s a very special day in Bright Line Eating land! Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph.D. is in Norway with Irina Lee, one of our treasured community members. Irina published Susan’s book, “Bright Line Eating: The Science of Living Happy, Thin, and Free” in Norwegian. And, “Spis Deg Fri” ("Eat Yourself Free"--the Norwegian title for Bright Line Eating) is the #1 book sold today!!!

As a result, Susan and Irina are appearing in Oslo’s national morning show and spreading the word about how Bright Line Eating changes lives. Go Team!!

Here’s a link from to today's article in Aftenposten, Norway's leading daily newspaper.

08/04/2017

Modern American elites have come to favour inconspicuous consumption

Elizabeth, congratulations on this amazing coverage for your book in the Economist! So well-deserved!!

A new book looks at how expenditure has changed among America’s affluent

06/13/2017

Presenting on the Agent's Panel at 5:15pm this Friday at Hunter College's Writers Center Summer Symposium alongside some wonderful authors and industry professionals. Looking forward to it!

06/07/2017

Books on t-shirts, sweatshirts, totes, mugs, socks | Out of Print

Penguin Random House announced their acquisition of Out of Print Clothing, signaling "intent to greatly expand [their] author- and imprint-brand-based merchandising capabilities." https://www.outofprintclothing.com/

06/06/2017

New Literary Agent Alert: Connor Eck of Lucinda Literary LLC | WritersDigest.com

We're delighted to announce Connor Eck will be building his own list at Lucinda Literary, primarily in fiction. Connor also seeks nonfiction projects in sports, memoir, narrative nonfiction and more. Check the guidelines on our website for how to query Connor directly.

Reminder: New literary agents (with this spotlight featuring Connor Eck of Lucinda Literary) are golden opportunities for new writers because each one is a

06/05/2017

Lucinda Literary's cover photo

05/31/2017

Good news for emerging playwrights...Audible Inc. today announced the establishment of a $5m fund dedicated to the commission and development of innovative English-language works from playwrights around the globe.

05/19/2017

Delighted to announce that Linda Kaplan at Kaplan DeFiore Rights will now represent UK and translation rights for Lucinda Literary.

05/17/2017

Richard Cohen - Author

We're very excited to attend Richard Cohen - Author's talk and reading from HOW TO WRITE LIKE TOLSTOY at Shakespeare & Co this evening! Join us at 6:30pm on a journey into the minds, techniques, tricks, flaws, and obsessions of our greatest authors.

Have you settled on what you will be doing tomorrow evening yet? Here's a suggestion:

Roll up for a talk and reading by me at that wonderful bookshop Shakespeare and Co.

Wednesday May 17, 2017, at 6:30 p.m.
Shakespeare & Co.
939 Lexington Avenue (corner of 69th Street)

05/03/2017

7 Books You Won’t Be Able to Put Down This Month

Oooh, congrats to Susan Rieger whose new novel THE HEIRS is one of our favorite books this Spring...http://www.instyle.com/reviews-coverage/books/best-books-may-2017#2854997

Perfect for your beach bag.

04/24/2017

#MotivationMonday attended #Matrix17 with the amazing @annshoket, author of THE BIG LIFE. Stunning speeches by @GretchenCarlson + @SavannahGuthrie. I suppose the takeaway for me was...true success arrives in the moment you give back.

04/19/2017

Killers of the Flower Moon

Happy publication week to David Grann, whose new and long-anticipated book, Killers of the Flower Moon, is 1000% worth the wait. Erik Larson calls MOON "utterly original; completely compelling." See more: https://www.davidgrann.com/books/killers-of-the-flower-moon/.

David, you are the very best!

In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe.

03/22/2017

Lisen Stromberg

Today, I had the great pleasure of speaking with Veronica Rueckert on Wisconsin Public Radio about Work Pause Thrive and how to re-enter the workforce from a position of strength after pausing for life balance.

03/21/2017

Omnivoracious: "How I Went from Journalist to Fiction Writer" by Peter Heller

"A man died in my arms on the first day....It was an odd way to start my career in magazine journalism." How Peter Heller went from journalist to novelist.

Peter Heller was in town a couple weeks ago, and fellow Amazon editor Jon Foro and I met him for lunch. I kind of wish everyone could have at least one lunch with Peter Heller.

03/21/2017

Video: Author and magazine editor Ann Shoket dishes on her new book

Ann Shoket on Good Morning America continues to shape the national conversation for millennial women. And an inside look into Badass Babes and Ann's new book, The Big Life.

The former editor-in-chief of Seventeen magazine argues that millennials are replacing sex with ambition in her new book, "The Big Life."

03/21/2017

Bright Line Eating LIVE: The Science of Sustainable Weight Loss--Past, Present, and Future by Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph.D. - HayHouse | Hay House

Join us for the launch event of Susan Peirce Thompson's brand new book, BRIGHT LINE EATING: The Science of Living Happy, Thin & Free, at 7pm tonight at Middle Collegiate Church #NYC! http://ow.ly/c0D630a5H9w

Susan, congratulations and we are so thrilled to be part of this publishing journey with you.

Bright Line Eating LIVE: The Science of Sustainable Weight Loss--Past, Present, and Future Join us on March 21st for a special one-night event with Dr. Susan Peirce Thompson in NYC! Why is it that even the most popular weight loss and diet programs don’t work? According to statistics, less than 1% o...

03/09/2017

Mindfulness At Work

Mindfulness At Work

Live conversation with Bill Burnett and Leah weiss

03/06/2017

JOIN THE BATTLE

I'm riding this Sunday for Cycle for Survival - 100% donations to benefit rare cancer research: http://mskcc.convio.net/site/TR?pg=personal&px=3302052&fr_id=2831&_ga=1.120672456.1191089963.1487206874

Help me reach my Cycle for Survival goal! We can make new and better cancer treatments possible. 100% of every dollar you give funds rare cancer research led by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Donate today!

02/14/2017

Here's What it Took For Susan to Break Her Meth Addiction and Fight Obesity

Incredible piece on Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph.D., whose book Bright Line Eating: The Science of Living Happy, Thin, and Free "will chronicle every detail of her journey and how you can apply it to your life." @PopSugarFitness
http://www.popsugar.com/fitness/Before-After-Weight-Loss-Drug-Addiction-43124998

Susan Peirce Thompson went through more in her first 26 years of life than most people will ever see in their entire lifetime: hard drugs, food addiction,

02/01/2017

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"When we are clear about what we’re intending to pay attention to, then we’re able to have our actions map onto our larger purpose." So true Leah Weiss!

Leah Weiss has spent multiple six-month spans in silent meditation. Laura Vanderkam tracks every half hour of her day. Here's what they've learned about being intentional with time.

01/31/2017

Work Pause Thrive Book

Happy publication to Lisen Stromberg! Her new book, Work Pause Thrive, reveals how trailblazing women have disrupted the traditional career paradigm. Brigid Schulte says, "Work PAUSE Thrive is essential reading for all people, not just women, who want full lives at work and at home, and for the policymakers and business leaders who have the power to make that happen." http://lisenstromberg.com/work-pause-thrive-book/

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12/19/2016

Why Forbes is backing book publishing to save the news media

Welcoming opinions...Why Forbes is backing book publishing to save the news media | Media | The Drum http://ow.ly/CpZE307gFfj

As we await next month’s inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States, the potential power of the personal brand has never been so startlingly obvious.